How to Apply

Stanford participates in the National Residency Matching Program through ERAS only. We receive over 1,500 applications from U.S. graduates alone and select about 250 candidates to interview. We base selection upon a number of factors, including your academic performance (particularly in Medicine clerkships), personal qualities, letters of recommendation, and clinical performance. We expect that applicants will have excelled in their Medicine rotations. We also have an affirmative action program to enhance the number of minority students trained in internal medicine.

As part of the ERAS forms, we require letters from your Dean, your Chairman of Medicine (or designee), and at least 3 additional letters of reference, preferably from faculty members who have worked with you in clinical settings. You are welcome to submit up to two additional letters by U.S. mail or email (). We also require your medical school transcript, personal statement, and curriculum vitae - and the ERAS format is fine for the c.v.!

Please note: We recommend a Chair's/ Department letter for all candidates, both categorical and preliminary.

The deadline for completed applications is November 15. Interview days are held on Tuesdays and Fridays from the beginning of December through late January. We will begin reviewing files as they are completed in November after the Dean's letter comes out. If you receive an invitation to interview, please email us at as soon as possible to arrange an interview date.

Intern appointments are made in accordance with the rules of the NRMP. Any PGY-II and -III appointments are usually completed in December. Please email Fran Brumbaugh () if you are interested in the availability a PGY II or PGY III position.